Federal civilian employees will receive a pay increase starting January 1, 2021; a 1% increase in basic pay, with no increase in locality pay.
The President signed an Executive Order in December. The 1% pay raise 2021 charts are now available along with all special rates and wage grade salaries.
The pay raise will take effect with the first full pay period of 2021. We published the new pay table on January 1, including the locality pay area definitions outlining the pay rates for all regions nationwide.
The rates of basic pay or salaries of the statutory pay systems are included. The general categories are listed below:
- The General Schedule
- The Foreign Service Schedule
- schedules for the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs
- Senior Executive Service
- Certain Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries
- The Executive Schedule
OPM was fast to react to the Presidential Order and released the new tables in late December.
Following are links to the new 2021 locality pay tables:
- Albany – Schenectady, NY
- Albuquerque – Santa Fe – Las Vegas, NM
- Atlanta – Athens – Clarke County – Sandy Springs, GA-AL
- Austin – Round Rock, TX
- Boston – Worcester – Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT-ME
- Buffalo – Cheektowaga, NY
- Charlotte – Concord, NC-SC
- Chicago – Naperville, IL-IN-WI
- Cincinnati – Wilmington – Maysville, OH-KY-IN
- Cleveland – Akron – Canton, OH
- Colorado Springs, CO
- Columbus – Marion – Zanesville, OH
- Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX
- Dallas – Fort Worth, TX-OK
- Davenport – Moline, IA-IL
- Dayton – Springfield – Sidney, OH
- Denver – Aurora, CO
- Detroit – Warren – Ann Arbor, MI
- Harrisburg – Lebanon, PA
- Hartford – West Hartford, CT-MA
- Houston – The Woodlands, TX
- Huntsville – Decatur – Albertville, AL
- Indianapolis – Carmel – Muncie, IN
- Kansas City – Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS
- Laredo, TX
- Las Vegas – Henderson, NV-AZ
- Los Angeles – Long Beach, CA
- Miami – Ft. Lauderdale – Port St. Lucie, FL
- Milwaukee – Racine – Waukesha, WI
- Minneapolis – St. Paul, MN-WI
- New York – Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA
- Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA
- Palm Bay – Melbourne – Titusville, FL
- Philadelphia – Reading – Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD
- Phoenix – Mesa – Scottsdale, AZ
- Pittsburgh – New Castle – Weirton, PA-OH-WV
- Portland – Vancouver – Salem, OR-WA
- Raleigh-Durham – Chapel Hill, NC
- Richmond, VA
- Sacramento – Roseville, CA-NV
- San Antonio – New Braunfels – Pearsall, TX
- San Diego – Carlsbad, CA
- San Jose – San Francisco – Oakland, CA
- Seattle – Tacoma, WA
- Louis – St. Charles – Farmington, MO-IL
- Tucson – Nogales, AZ
- Virginia Beach – Norfolk, VA-NC
- Washington – Baltimore – Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
- Rest of US – RUS
- Alaska
- Hawaii
Click here for: Special Rates Tables
Helpul Job Hunting Information:
- Federal Jobs Guide
- 2020 Federal Pay Scales
- Civil Service Exams
- Job Listings and Occupational Descriptions
- How to Apply
- Career Planning Guide (Federal Jobs)
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